.......The Images

People & Culture

Passengers waiting for the boat to leave. When the trips are long, the deck becomes one crowded tangle of hammocks. The boats do not usually have cabins. Port of Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil.	Nuns, returning from mass. Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil.	Washing clothes on a houseboat. Amazonas - Brazil.	A boy contemplating the Rio Guamá, in Belém, Pará - Brazil.	Early in the day, the routine of the newspaper delivery begins. Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil.
Drmmers animating Carnival. Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil.	The "Flag Bearer " is usually a pretty girl, who also dances samba very well, bestowed with the honour of carrying the colours of her Samba "School". Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil.	Folcloric parade in Novo Airão , Amazonas - Brazil.	This cheeky cabocla girl hardly managed to sit still for the picture: as soon as it was taken, she was off to play with her friends. Manaquiri, Amazonas - Brazil.	Capoeira is one of the oldest martial arts, and is part of Brazil's culture. Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil.
FIFA World Cup Fever! In Manaus, the streets compete, to see who manages to have the best decoration! Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil.	Mirror reflection of the 2006 FIFA World Cup decoration on the cars in Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil.	Cotijuba is a river island, and part of the City of Belém, Pará - Brazil. As it is isolated, there are no cars, and buffalo pulled carts are still common use.	Baskets, made of dried palm leaves, with local indian patterns, and pigmentation, typical of the Amazon. Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil.	The two girls were playing next to the historic EFMM - Estrada de Ferro Madeira-Mamoré (Madeira-Mamoré Railroad). The locomotives were bought at the turn of the century, but never made the trip to Bolivia, as intended. Hundreds of labourers died of Malaria, including foreign labour. Porto Velho, Rondônia - Brazil.